428  
WGUS43 KOAX 011345  
FLWOAX  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE  
845 AM CDT THU OCT 1 2026  
 
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A FLOOD  
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN IOWA...  
 
WEST NISHNABOTNA RIVER AT HANCOCK AFFECTING POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY.  
 
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WATER.NOAA.GOV.  
 
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED THIS EVENING AT 845 PM CDT.  
 
 
 
IAC155-020145-  
/O.NEW.KOAX.FL.W.0027.261001T1845Z-261002T2100Z/  
/HNKI4.1.ER.261001T1845Z.261002T0000Z.261002T0248Z.NO/  
845 AM CDT THU OCT 1 2026  
   
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO FRIDAY AFTERNOON  
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...WEST NISHNABOTNA RIVER AT HANCOCK.  
 
* WHEN...FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO FRIDAY AFTERNOON.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 14.0 FEET, LOW-LYING AREAS OF BOTNA BEND PARK IN  
HANCOCK BEGIN TO FLOOD. IN ADDITION, LOWLAND FLOODING ALONG THE  
RIVER BEGINS.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 8:00 AM CDT THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 7.9 FEET.  
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 14.0 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THIS AFTERNOON  
TO 14.7 FEET THIS EVENING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE  
LATE THIS EVENING TO 6.8 FEET SATURDAY MORNING. IT WILL RISE TO  
7.7 FEET SATURDAY EVENING. IT WILL THEN FALL AGAIN AND REMAIN  
BELOW FLOOD STAGE.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 14.0 FEET.  
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 14.5  
FEET ON 06/15/1984.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 4157 9532 4154 9532 4149 9534 4148 9532  
4146 9533 4139 9536 4138 9535 4135 9539  
4128 9540 4123 9542 4123 9543 4127 9546  
4128 9544 4133 9543 4141 9537 4143 9538  
4148 9537 4150 9537 4151 9535 4157 9535  
 
 
 
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